Month: May 2006

Weinstein’s to Build Huge Library of Asian Cinema

Bob and Harvey Weinstein recently announced the unveiling of Dragon Dynasty, a new label under which all The Weinstein Company’s Asian titles will be released, including “Ong Bak 2,” “The Protector” (aka “Tom Yum Goong”), “Born to Fight”, “SPL”, “Seven Swords” and “Dragon Squad”, as well as a package of high profile titles, which was licensed from Fortune Star Entertainment: the distribution division of News Corporation’s ….

Weinstein Company and Village Roadshow Strike Distribution Deal

The Weinstein Company announced today a multi-year deal with Roadshow Films to distribute upcoming motion pictures released by The Weinstein Company throughout Australia and New Zealand. The announcement was made jointly by Glen Basner, president, international for The Weinstein Company and by Joel Pearlman, Managing Director of Roadshow Films. The Weinstein Company recently closed a deal with TFI to ….

The Tech Behind An Inconvenient Truth

Beginning May 24th audiences around the country will have the opportunity to see one of the year’s most compelling films: the documentary An Inconvenient Truth. The film is a unique presentation of the science of global warming by former Vice PresidentAl Gore, woven together with Mr. Gore’s personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global ….

New Pics from The Omen

The Omen is a remake of the 1976 horror classic about a boy who may literally be the devil incarnate. His father, an American official, realizes this just as a series of horrible events unfolds. I have just posted brand new large photos from Fox, which will give some more background on the film. To see ….

Beowulf and Grendel Come to Life

It is an ancient blood-soaked tale of heroes and monsters that speaks to our deepest, most primal emotions. A legend where vengeance, loyalty and mercy powerfully entwine. It is the saga of Beowulf & Grendel. Union Station Media will release director Sturla Gunnarsson’s eagerly anticipated Beowulf & Grendel in U.S. cities around the country starting on June 16th in Seattle, ….

The New Lady in the Water Trailer

The new trailer for Lady in the Water makes it clear that this film is no fairy tale. It’s a thriller on par with M. Night Shyamalan’s other creations, including The Sixth Sense, The Village and Signs. Lady in the Water centers on apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep (played by Oscar nominee Paul Giamatti), who rescues what he thinks is a young woman from a ….

New Ghost Rider Trailer Breeds Fear

The general reaction to the new Ghost Rider trailer seems to be positive. It looks like a film with heart, and a character that people will believe in. I am cautiously optimistic about what will happen when Ghost Rider opens in theaters on February 16, 2007. I’ve seen the best, goose-bump raising trailers just get slaughtered by the full-length ….

District B13 U.S. Teaser Trailer

Paris isn’t the open, artistic city it is now in 2010, according to District B13. No… The ghettos of Paris have surrounded by concrete barriers, keeping people in… and out. That is, until a nuclear bomb gets hijacked by a drug gang, looking to sell it on the black market. The real strength of District B13 is the amazing ….

Farrell and McGregor to Star in Woody’s Next

According to Production Weekly, Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor will star in Woody Allen’s new, as-yet-untitled film, which will shoot in London this summer. The film also stars Tom Wilkinson, and tells the story of two brothers in financial trouble. An outside party suggests that they turn to crime, which leads to the brothers becoming enemies. The film will be the third film ….

Michael May Comes Into the Light

Fox 2000 and producer Gil Netter are teaming up with Oscar-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (who wrote the Oscar-winning script for Ghost) to adapt the book Into the Light. The film will be based on Robert Kurson’s upcoming book, which was based on an Esquire article, according to the Book Standard. Into the Light tells the true story of Michael May, a blind athlete who, among other accomplishments, holds the ….

New Da Vinci Code Movie Clips

The Da Vinci Code finally hits theaters this Friday, after months of speculation on it’s basis in reality, scandals and trials. More publicity than any Hollywood studio executive could have imagined. Sony has provided us with clips from the film, about a murder in the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings that lead to the ….

Freeman and the Feast of Love

According to Variety, Morgan Freeman is in talks to star in the drama The Feast of Love for Lakeshore Entertainment. The Feast of Love will be based on a Charles Baxter novel about a community of friends in Oregon and the sometimes painful incarnations of love. Freeman would play a philosophy professor named Harry Scott. Director Robert Benton (who won an Oscar for Kramer vs. Kramer) recently ….